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 | | Toxemia subsided in women placed on a 260-gram protein, well-balanced diet, with injections of vitamin B. Dodge, E., and Frost, T. "Relation between blood plasma proteins and toxemias of pregnancy." JAMA 111:1398, 1938. |
 | | Toxemia was found to be closely associated with inadequate nutrition. |
 | | Among 2000 pregnant women, those put on a "low-sodium diet" experimentally had over twice the incidence of toxemia and significantly higher perinatal mortality than those told to "eat more salt." This study should not have been done because it was unphysiological and needlessly harmed many mothers and babies. |
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